River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-01
WISCONSIN NEWS.

vas drowned
The sum of $4,000 was paid for a
lite Tor the postoffice building to be
rected at Ashland.
Large numbers of Indians are camp
ny out near Motzfeldts for the purpose
u gathering the wild rice which IS so
plenty in Rice lake, near there.
Miss Margaret Orthaus. of Oshkosh.
vas married recently to Ebenezer H.
skinner. The brides father came TO
America as private secretary to Maxi
milan.
Work has commenced on the James
lille water-wOrks. Thirteen miles of
mains viii be laid before winter. The
company has until May to complete the
work.
Frank X. Christianson, survivor of
The Lady Elgin. resident of Milwau-
See for the past sixteen wears. has died
at the age of 81, leaving a wife and
taugter
Enrolling of the Indians preparatory
10 making payment of their annuity
for 1887 has commenced AT Black
River Falls in charge of Gen. Heth. of
Virginia.
A tramp who was fed by John Her
old, of Bridgeport, Crawford county.
returned to the house the following
night, and robbed the owner of num-
Der of valuables
A man named Schubert, who was
supposed 30 have been burned to death
in the great Chicago fire, turned up the
other day at Kiel. Sheboygan county.
where he has relatives living.
Papers have been served on +. 5.
WinslOw, a GAINESVILLE grocer. in an az
ton for the recovery of damages suffer
ed by Mr.. Downs. who fell down a
hatchway in the store and broke his
back.
John Jambor who is awaiting trial
at Racine, on the charge of attempting
To kill ex-Mayor Secor. has withdrawn
his cash deposit of $4,000 for bail and
given bond instead. which has been
approved.
The success of the boat line between
Oshkosh and the Calumet county side of
Lake Winnebago has been So great that
Captain Reed, of the steamer o. b.
Reed of the Merchants line. is in ia
vor of making three instead Of two
trips weekly.
Menominee expects to enjoy free
delivery system in the not very distant
future, Postmaster Mitchell asserting
that the receipts of the Office VIII
reach the required $4,000 during the
present fiscal year.
Horace Hazen, a son of DIR. Hazen. Of
Fond du Lac. was shot in he groin
while participating in "A charivari i'm the
town of Waupun. The bah has not vet
been extracted. The bride was a sp r't-
ualistic medium. whose name was Miles
before the marriage.
The heirs of the late Capt James
Jenkins, of Oshkosh, for many wears
senior warden IF Trinity church. have
contracted with Tiffany Il Co.. New
York, for beautiful memorial window
to be placed in the new church building
to perpetuate the captains memory
1t will cost 5000.
Orange Walker, of Marine. Po'
county, recently deceased. was 81 yea
of age. and the oldest settler in Marine
He founded that town in 1887, making
him one of the oldest settlers in the
st. Croix valley. He had always been
prominent citizen and business man
on the river.
August s was the forty-lirst ami
versary of the first appropriation ofcon-
gress towards improving the navigation
of Fox river. 1t was made in land to
the territory of Wisconsin. when pur-
chasers were few and far between. not
even a tree having been out where APP
pleton and Menasha now stand.
The limited stock train on the Chica-
90, Burlington x Northern road made
a trip from La Crosse to Savanna. ILL.,,
in five hours and twenty minutes. 1t
made flying switch and changed CO.
boose and engine without stopping the
train. 1t was a trial trip between three
roads and the fastest on record.
Horace Beach, of Prairie du Chen.
has in his possession some bones sent
him from Kansas. which evidently be
longed to a mammoth animal. the class
of which is long since extinct The
femur is 1 feet 4 inches in length.
measures feet in circumference a the
upper condyle and the lower joint feet
) inches.
The standing pine on the Indian
reservation north of Fifield is estimated
by some at 100000, 900 feet. This IS
rather high estimate. Captain Henry
and other experienced lumberman say
the cut will not exceed 200. 900, 900 feet.
A portion of the timber will be run into
the Tomahawk river, but the greater
part of it will beIun down the Chippewa
river.
L. w. Miller. treasurer of Green
Lake county. whipped a hunting dog
belonging to Edward Payitt, of Marke-
san, and then bIackened one of Pavitts
eyes for Directing to the chastisement
of the animal. Pavitt secured a gun.
shot at Miller, and would have pursued
the flying treasurer if friends had not
disarmed him.
A few miles south of Tomahawk
Lake, where the railroad crosses a
spruce swamp, the contractors were FL
ling on the top of the bog when it be-
came Over-weighted and sank, carrying
in addition to the filling several dump
ears. The hole was sounded and found
to be thirty feet n depth. The swamp
will have to be Dridged.
The committee Of the Waupaca
County Veterans association fixed on
as the place Of holding the
annual camp fire, and September, Sth.
9Th and 10th as the date. The camp
will probably be on the fair grounds.
Several prominent speakers will he
present, and Gov. Rusk has promised
to come if possible.
The committee appointed to make
settlement between Lincoln and Oneida
counties, consisting of S. H. Alban,
John Barnes and David Timm, report
that Lincoln county was indebted 10
the state in the sum Of $50. 1885, on
he lst of January. 1897, and on this
amount have appointed 81 l41 80 to
Oneida county, and the balance TO
Lincoln county
Emil SOmmer. the proprietor of the
Milwaukee shoe store burned the other
night, walked into the central police
tatiOn of that city. and remarked that
le wished to give himself up. Sommer
aid he learned by the papers that the
police were looking for him, and he
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